African American women with incarcerated mates
Subtitle: the psychological and social impacts of mass imprisonment
By: Avon Hart-Johnson
Publisher: McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781476666822
Subjects: Social conditions; Prisoners' spouses; Imprisonment; African American women
Description: "After four decades of mass incarceration in the U.S., the disproportionate number of black men in prisons has contributed to an epidemic of black women struggling to support fragile families. Yet the literature is scant on how African American women are affected by the imprisonment of their partners"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: African American women in the age of mass incarceration; title: "The fixer" : bring my daddy back!; title: There goes the neighborhood; title: The cost of remaining connected; title: Relationships, children and loss; title: The theory of SIG-C; title: SIG-C and codependency; title: "Down to ride"; title: Charismatic and controlling mate : a jekyll-and-hyde situation; title: Grief, coping and ritual; title: Grief : "It's like death"; title: Coping : God, sex and rituals; title: Cultural sensitivity and intervention challenges; title: Cultural awareness; title: Intervention; title: Poverty, health and social consequences; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix A. AARM example; title: Appendix B: Research study methodological framework; title: Appendix C: Resources; title: References; title: Index.